J. Scott Applewhite, The Associated PressThis handout image provided by the White House shows a copy of the long form of President Barack Obama's birth certificate from Hawaii. April 27, 2011

"... No other President has ever been pressured to produce his birth certificate or personal documents so publicly. Mr. Obama was vetted by the US government to serve as Senator and even more vetted and scrutinized as a Presidential candidate. The Republicans and Tea Party are really doing a disservice to their parties by engaging in such embarrassing media smears. Instead of campaigning on their solutions to important issues, they have perfected the art of demonizing their rival candidates and fear-mongering. They should be focusing on the REAL issues, not deflecting with such inane carnival sideshows like this. ..."